HttpStack.java

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 * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
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package com.dh.foundation.volley.toolbox;


import com.dh.foundation.volley.AuthFailureError;
import com.dh.foundation.volley.Request;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * An HTTP stack abstraction.
 */
public interface HttpStack {
    /**
     * Performs an HTTP request with the given parameters.
     *
     * <p>A GET request is sent if request.getPostBody() == null. A POST request is sent otherwise,
     * and the Content-Type header is set to request.getPostBodyContentType().</p>
     *
     * @param request the request to perform
     * @param additionalHeaders additional headers to be sent together with
     *         {@link Request#getHeaders()}
     * @return the HTTP response
     */
    public HttpResponse performRequest(Request<?> request, Map<String, String> additionalHeaders)
        throws IOException, AuthFailureError;

}